Loom attachment.



JOHN ANDERSON noBIs'oN AND HENRY EARL LITTLEJoiN, or canna, sorH CAROLINA.

LOOM ATTACHMENT.

Specication o f Letters Patent.

`Patented July 16, 19.18.,

Application filed February 19, 1917. Serial No. 149,557.

To all'whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN p ANDERSON RorsoN and HENRY EARL LrTrLEJoHN, citizens of the- United States, residing at Green-in the county of Greenville and State.

the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawingsyin whichl p i Flgure 1 1s a, side elevatlon of our lnvenmatic illustration of theloom in operation;

reed 3 having a projectin comb 4, as shown `6, .we provide a suitable strap 5 to .is pivotally attached as shown; in Y device; Fig. @is a detai view of the cam mechanism; andi'Fig." 5 is an edge view of the double-reed device, 'on line'i-- of- Fig. 3.

' Like characters of reference designate like parts throughout Ithe several views.

'Referring to the accompanylng drawmgs,

designates the frame, to which is mounted race 2. We provide a' novel double-decked' reed 3 having a, projecting cembei, asshown in Figs. 3 and 5.- To support a rockin lever wlich it C omb teeth 4 which project through reed 3l are frictionally engaged therewith and the ends of the oombmember 4 are soldered together to hold it permanently in place -in the reed 3. To the ends of rocking -lever 6 are attachedy brackets 7 'which' 'support boxes 8. We provide suitable shuttle levers 9 attached to the machine-in anyl suitable manner. Mounted to theframe. is a shafty 10, carrying cams 1l. Referring to the enlarged -View of the cam's shown: in Fig. 4,

it will be observed that we provide opposite enlarged portionsl, and opposite reduced portionsll, adapted to control and regulate `the operation of the machine.' Suspended from-'rocking lever 6 .1t either end are rods or levers 15, guided by brackets 14. Suitable treadles 18 are provided at the lower.

' 22 designates mountings for the-'reed 3, and '21 designates. a mounting comb 4.

In operating thedevice the treadles 18 on v levers '15 cause rocking lever 6 to tilt up .and

down thus raising and -lowering boxes 8 alternately, while the .shuttles are moving across the reed or-con/rb fromthe boX on one 'tionapplied to a'loom; Fig. 2 is a diagram'- while the right hand'y box lfalls to the botlside to that on i the o pos'ite side of the loom. `While the shuttpes are passing each other in the central-portion of. the machine the shuttle boXesare automatically changing bottom -tobe in positionto catch the shuttle on its arrival. The left hand box rides to the for the projecting their position from bottomto top andtop to topand 'catches the shuttle from the right,

tom and catches 'the s lnittle eoming from the left. Then the left hand box will lower its' vshuttle to the bottom, and the right hand lay is on front Icenter the extra` race plate will bein the passage between Ithe two layers Cloth will This will' two shuttles, one going from left to right on. the regular race plate, and the other going from right to left on the extraraoe plate.

What we claim is?. .As a new article of`manufactu're, a double-l a projecting comb and a mounting to which the Shanks of the projecting comb elements are fastened, the comb projecting through and at right angles to the reed, and Ahaving its end permanently soldered to the reed.

JOHN ANnERsoN noBrsoN. HENRYEARL LrrrLEJo .decked -reed having .like mountings, having 10.0. 

